Hello from the UK!

Hello everybody, I'm Dofuuhua, I either go by that pseudonym or minimintychip.

I first discovered doll customisation and OOAKs on youtube. Nicolle's dream and Dollightful in particular really inspired me, after binge watching their videos I tried my hand at giving monster high dolls face ups (with varying success lol). The main appeal of BJDs for me is definitely the customisation opportunities; being able to give a blank slate new faces, hair, and outfits definitely gets those gears turning in my head. That, combined with my experience in making miniatures makes for a really exciting project.

Fantasy dolls and animal hybrids are definitely my favourite kinds of dolls; the resinsoul Yao with her cloven hooves for feet, or their smaller centaur dolls. My favourite fantasy doll has to be the doll chateau Snowborn though, their body sculpting is so elegant and I love the calm and their serene smile. Humanoid dolls are pretty great too, especially if they have a bit of artsy flare. So long as they don't have an extreme expression it's all good (I personally find them too inflexible).

That being said, as of writing this I'm a typical broke uni student who's pretty stingy with their money so the chances of me getting a BJD are rather slim. I know there is something for everyone in this hobby, so maybe one day I'll find a doll that I absolutely ~must have~ and snatch them up, who knows. Until then, I'm going to focus on leaning how to sew and modding dolls, so when the time comes I'll have all the skills needed to make my vision a reality!

Hopefully that wasn't too long and thank you for reading! I haven't been on this site for that long but I'm already learning a lot, so I hope you guys will continue to teach a newbie like myself.

 

Hi there! If you don't mind me asking, where about in the UK are you? I'm pretty down south. I've seen some of the practice heads on alice's collection and angelesque but I'm not entirely sure what makes them different to regular heads?

 

Hi! I've considered getting layaway of some sort but I'm honestly so impatient, currently I'm browsing on the second hand market and hoping for the best aha :') I've found a resinsoul winter on insta that i'm going back and forth on because i'm worried a centaur doll is too tricky for a newbie like myself
As for my miniatures mostly do key ring/charm sized items? Like this and this if i hyperlinked that correctly it should redirect you to some of my twitter posts, fingers crossed

 

Doll chateau/doll zone has one of the most unique sculpts I've seen for sure, when I look at their brand I can totally understand why BJDs are the price that they are. I'm totally the same with my spending habits- always stingy on necessities but is willing to indulge I've linked some of my minatures on another reply but here is another example!

 

Heya! Thank you so much! I think making miniatures for dollies is such a great idea, I'm assuming the marketplace is a good place to advertise this kind of thing (once i have access to it)

 

oh wow, that's dedication right there!

 

Oh man that certainly does sounds really stressful, but hopefully it'll be worth :') higher education be like that ey. But i agree with you on practice heads. It's just, you know that saying, "if it's too good to be true then it probably is", so its nice to get some clarification